Tom Brady Torn MCL Injury & Recovery Time: Will Brady Play In Week 1? When Will Bucs QB Be Back?

Tom Brady Torn MCL

Tom Brady played last season with a knee injury whose severity was unknown at time, but it’s been revealed that he had a torn MCL now.

During the initial stages of the offseason learnt that there was some injury which Brady had played with, but the whole situation was downplayed as a minor injury, something that could be easily recovered from in the offseason.

Then, things changed once more. The severity of the injury grew tremendously as Brady had to undergo surgery on his knee to fix his problems. Even then, the whole ordeal seemed minor and nothing that would’ve put any doubt into whether Brady would be ready for training camp.

However, recently, Ian Rapoport revealed that Brady had fully torn his MCL, an incredibly serious injury. The Tampa Bay Times and Rick Stroud were the first to reveal that Brady had torn his MCL.

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Tom Brady Torn MCL Injury Recovery Timeline: Will The Bucs QB Play Week 1 & How Long Will It Take To Recover

Brady initially suffered a knee injury during his final season with the New England Patriots, but he chose to play through it during his first year in Tampa Bay.

The knee injury only worsened, and eventually it led to the torn MCL that we’re hearing about today. Brady would say about his injury:

“It was an injury I dealt with really since last, you know, April, May. I knew I would have to do something at the end of the year, and happy I did it, and it was probably something that certainly needed to be done, and there was a great outcome, so I’m very happy about that.”

The fact that Brady played the whole season with this injury is impressive enough. However, when you add in the fact that he threw for 4,633 yards, with 40 touchdowns and 12 interceptions and an additional 1,061 yards passing, 10 touchdowns and three interceptions in the postseason all while winning the Super Bowl is incredible.

Brady became the first quarterback to throw for 50 touchdowns (regular season and playoffs) and win a Super Bowl. So, will the injury hamper any playing time? Probably not. Brady showed up for the Buccaneers mandatory minicamp and barring any other setback, he should be good to go for training camp as well

And, well, you guys know Brady. If there’s a chance to play, he will play, and he will not let anything, not even a torn MCL get in the way. So, yes, he’ll definitely be back for week one.

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Post Edited By: Ashish Priyadarshi
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Ashish Priyadarshi is The SportsRush's content manager and editor. Ashish freelanced for 1 year in the NFL division before taking on an editorial role in the company. He then tacked on managing content while adding on a writing role in the NBA division. Ashish has been closely following the NFL and NBA since the 2012 season when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and Derrick Rose was at the height of his powers. Since then, Ashish has focused on honing his knowledge for both leagues in, even writing crossover pieces. In his free time, Ashish is an avid basketball player, he loves to watch movies and TV shows, immersing himself in the cinematic world. Ashish studies computer science and data science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would love to mesh his love for sports with his technical skills.

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